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YONG H KIM
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YONG H KIM

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
145 E 32ND ST, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10016-6055
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DR. YONG KIM,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

50

payments

$45,672

payment total

7

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Consulting
 12 $22,650
Royalty or License
 4 $18,587
Travel and Lodging
 10 $3,038
Food and Beverage
 24 $1,397

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
MOBI-C

device

 $22,050
AVENUE L

device

 $20,400
MAXAN CERVICAL SYSTEM

device

 $20,400
ROI-A

device

 $20,400
SOLITAIRE

device

 $18,587
ROI-C

device

 $12,300
ROI

device

 $8,100
ZYSTON INTERBODY

device

 $2,250
EXCELSIUS - GPS

device

 $704
ZYSTON STRAIGHT

device

 $704
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $556
GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $344
PLIF

device

 $144
VITALITY

device

 $114
SPINE PRODUCT PORTFOLIO

device

 $98
LESSRAY

device

 $76
VIRAGE

device

 $25
PICO

device

 $19
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Aug 16, 2018 $5,700 AVENUE L MOBI-C ROI-C MAXAN CERVICAL SYSTEM ROI-A Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $4,840 SOLITAIRE Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $4,800 ROI-A ROI MOBI-C AVENUE L MAXAN CERVICAL SYSTEM Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $4,688 SOLITAIRE Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $4,572 SOLITAIRE Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 14, 2018 $4,487 SOLITAIRE Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $2,100 AVENUE L ROI-A MAXAN CERVICAL SYSTEM MOBI-C ROI Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $2,100 MAXAN CERVICAL SYSTEM AVENUE L MOBI-C ROI-C ROI-A Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $1,800 MOBI-C MAXAN CERVICAL SYSTEM ROI-C ROI-A AVENUE L Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $1,500 MOBI-C ROI-C AVENUE L MAXAN CERVICAL SYSTEM ROI-A Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 3, 2018 $1,250 ZYSTON INTERBODY Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $1,200 MAXAN CERVICAL SYSTEM MOBI-C AVENUE L ROI ROI-A Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $1,200 AVENUE L MAXAN CERVICAL SYSTEM MOBI-C ROI-C ROI-A Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 25, 2018 $745 MOBI-C Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $693 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $500 ZYSTON INTERBODY Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $367 ZYSTON STRAIGHT Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 19, 2018 $337 ZYSTON STRAIGHT Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 3, 2018 $250 ZYSTON INTERBODY Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 3, 2018 $250 ZYSTON INTERBODY Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $222 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging INNOVASIS INC
Jun 14, 2018 $182 MOBI-C Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 17, 2018 $174 MOBI-C Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $160 MOBI-C Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $148 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $144 PLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $131 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $126 No Listed Product Food and Beverage INNOVASIS INC
Mar 14, 2018 $125 No Listed Product Food and Beverage INNOVASIS INC
Jun 26, 2018 $123 MOBI-C Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $114 VITALITY Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $101 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 15, 2018 $76 LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $70 SPINE PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $65 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 1, 2018 $46 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $40 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $40 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 25, 2018 $34 MOBI-C Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $28 SPINE PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $27 No Listed Product Food and Beverage INNOVASIS INC
Oct 20, 2018 $25 VIRAGE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $20 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $19 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $19 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $12 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $5 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $5 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $1 MOBI-C Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.